... parties agree to this this will mark the first time heavy weapons have been deployed on the territory of countries of the former socialist bloc. .
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Yuri Nadtochei:
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The interest expressed by Baltic countries and Poland in having a U.S. military presence is no longer surprising at all. But why are Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, which do not even share borders with Russia, expressing a similar desire? These countries are characterized by extremely
low ratio of military expenses versus GDP
: Bulgaria and Romania spend 1.3-1.4% of GDP on army needs, while Hungary spends only 0.9% of GDP on the military. Given the ...
... the dynamic role of the Visegrad countries in the CEE policies of the European Union. Director of RAS Institute for European Studies Alexey Gromyko underlined the importance of the Visegrad Group for development of its member states and cooperation of Russia with Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Ambassador Priputen summed up the results of the Slovak presidency in the Visegrad Group.
Roundtable "The Visegrad Europe and Russia Today"
... simply drawn (sometimes claimed to be a civilizational one) between inhabitants of Central-Eastern European countries and Soviet-Russian authorities.
The logic here is quite clear: it comes down to denying any guilt with respect to one’s own history.... ..., after the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops,
it fell to virtually 16%
. This fact is quite obvious: Czechoslovakia and Hungary and Poland developed more slowly than Austria. At the same time, the state of affairs with respect to the development of the countries ...
